Paul Safford
Physician Assistant · Pueblo, CONPI 1689793812
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 111 payments — averaging $19.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$712
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$227
- AstraZeneca$203
- Pfizer$191
- Novo Nordisk$178
- Lilly USA, LLC$81
- plus $524 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,117100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 43 | $712 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $227 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $203 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $191 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $178 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $81 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $79 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $48 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $25 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $23 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- NURTEC ODT$124
How this compares
$2,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $12,004 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 14 | $11,625 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $10,746 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 15 | $5,647 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 17 | $1,002 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $595 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 11 | $579 |
| Omeprazole | 26 | $476 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 12 | $460 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 41 | $280 |
| Lisinopril | 29 | $259 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 22 | $243 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 21 | $231 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 30 | $231 |
| Potassium Chloride | 26 | $196 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $81 | $10,74613 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Other physician assistant in Pueblo
- A SmithPueblo$19K
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
- Marissa Moritz-GuzikLouisville$94K
- Clayton LabaumeDurango$87K
- Emily FrischDenver$79K
- Daniel HumerLone Tree$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.